NSRD Publications

Oct 4, 2024

Mental Health Treatment Rates During Pregnancy and Post Partum in US Military Service Members

US Army and Navy service members went to fewer mental health therapy sessions during pregnancy and immediately after a first birth, especially among those with a history of attending treatment.

Oct 1, 2024

Standing Tall: Do Height-Based Accountability Incentives Predict Artificial Increases in Measured Height Among Sailors in the U.S. Military?

Sailors were nearly 1.5 times as likely to measure taller when they gained weight that put them above military height-weight standards as compared to those who continued to remain within standards.

Oct 1, 2024

Cover: Dr. Li Bicheng, or How China Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Media Manipulation

Dr. Li Bicheng, or How China Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Media Manipulation: Insights Into Chinese Use of Generative AI and Social Bots from the Career of a PLA Researcher

The Chinese Communist Party has come to embrace social media as a way to influence domestic and foreign public opinion, both overtly and covertly. This report examines China’s approach to cyber-enabled influence operations.

Sep 30, 2024

Core Mental Health Clinician Capacity and Use Rates in the US Military

Active-duty service members in communities with no mental health clinicians at military treatment facilities were significantly less likely to receive treatment compared with those in communities with adequate core mental health capacity.

Sep 30, 2024

The U.S.–Japan Alliance: Realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

These proceedings contain a summary of a conference that explored how the United States, Japan, and other countries assess the concept of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) and the evolution of FOIP.

Sep 26, 2024

Conference Proceedings on Asia-Pacific and Indian Military and Defense Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War

These conference proceedings summarize the in-person Track II Dialogue that RAND and the Observer Research Foundation convened on January 12, 2024, and conclusions from it, as well as the full text of all six papers that were written for it.

Sep 24, 2024

Not Always Easy: Lessons Learned on Introducing New Defense Capabilities in Japan

Although Japan and the United States are in close alignment regarding their threat perceptions of the regional security environment, this report examines the assumption that Japan will accommodate any change in U.S. force posture in Japan.

Sep 24, 2024

Love Letters Tied to Bricks: Pitfalls of Presentations as Professional Communication

This report summarizes relevant research on how visual information is interpreted and presents factors that could improve the effectiveness of visual rhetoric and briefing slide design by the U.S. Department of Defense analytic community.

Sep 23, 2024

The Evolution of Veteran Educational Attainment Gaps Over the Life Cycle

We investigate the life-cycle attainment of veterans relative to nonveterans and find that, over time, veterans closed large gaps in degree attainment on average and female and minority veterans exceeded the attainment of similar nonveterans.

Sep 20, 2024

Cover: Getting Strategic Competition Right

Getting Strategic Competition Right: Competing for the System

This essay argues for providing a systems thinking lens to the Joint Concept for Competing.

Sep 20, 2024

Will Putin Stop at Ukraine? That's the Wrong Question

Authors propose a postwar strategy toward Russia, focused on preventing the more likely pathways to a NATO-Russia war, responding to threats below the threshold of armed conflict, and ultimately stabilizing the security environment on the continent.

Sep 18, 2024

Cover: From Mines to Markets in the Middle East and Central Asia

From Mines to Markets in the Middle East and Central Asia: Critical Mineral Suppliers and Dependencies in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility

Competition between the United States, Russia, and China has led to efforts to diversify critical mineral supply chains. The authors conducted an examination of critical mineral resources in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility.

Preparing the Workforce for AI: Insights for Civilian and Military Leaders

China's Use of Generative AI and Social Bots

A Year After the October 7 Start of the Israel-Hamas Conflict: Q&A with RAND Experts

October 7th and the Limits of Diplomacy

The Math Equity Equation

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

NSRD Publications

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Mental Health Treatment Rates During Pregnancy and Post Partum in US Military Service Members

Standing Tall: Do Height-Based Accountability Incentives Predict Artificial Increases in Measured Height Among Sailors in the U.S. Military?

Dr. Li Bicheng, or How China Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social Media Manipulation: Insights Into Chinese Use of Generative AI and Social Bots from the Career of a PLA Researcher

Core Mental Health Clinician Capacity and Use Rates in the US Military

The U.S.–Japan Alliance: Realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Conference Proceedings on Asia-Pacific and Indian Military and Defense Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War

Not Always Easy: Lessons Learned on Introducing New Defense Capabilities in Japan

Love Letters Tied to Bricks: Pitfalls of Presentations as Professional Communication

The Evolution of Veteran Educational Attainment Gaps Over the Life Cycle

Getting Strategic Competition Right: Competing for the System

Will Putin Stop at Ukraine? That's the Wrong Question

From Mines to Markets in the Middle East and Central Asia: Critical Mineral Suppliers and Dependencies in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility

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